On 2009-03-06 02:30Z, Werner Wothke wrote: > > I am using Boost's random number generator template library with cygwin > for statistical simulations > and am very happy with it. It would be a shame to abandon support of the > Boost libraries.
That's one of the many boost libraries that has a header-only implementation. See: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_38_0/more/getting_started/windows.html#header-only-libraries http://www.boost.org/doc/libs?view=filtered_header-only > Can you point out to me where you see any Boost DLLs? I only see *.hpp > template files. The boost filesystem library is an example; my installation has, in /lib/ : $ls libboost_file* libboost_filesystem-gcc-mt-1_33_1.a libboost_filesystem-gcc-mt-s-1_33_1.a libboost_filesystem-gcc-mt-s.a libboost_filesystem-gcc-mt.a which IIRC were all gotten via 'setup.exe'. I gather from a glance at the boost links above that these might be buildable as dlls instead of as static libraries, but I think what's relevant to your question is that this library has '.cpp' files that must be compiled separately. I believe Václav was referring to boost's sui generis build system, which I always found a bit odd; if you want to avoid it, this might be worth a look: http://boost-extras.sourceforge.net/gnu-boost/gnu-boost.html | Tired of trying to compile boost with some weird tool only a very | few understand? Try GNU boost! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
